Bottle carrier



Feb. 28, 1950 w. M. BAsslcHls BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Oct. 4, 1945INVENTOR. W/L/M M BSS/CH/S Patented Feb. 28, 1950 2.499,12i1y BOTTLECARRIER William. Bassi'chis, Cleveland Heights, Ohio,

assigner to, Convenientl Carrierl a. corporation. of Ohio (Jleve'land,Qhio,

Gorporatiom.

Application Qctobcr 4, 1945,. Serial. No.. 620,326

i momma- (01;.224--481 llhis inventon relates. broadly to bottlecarriers and more. speciiically toy improvements in cated strips of.sheetsteel..

Oney of the objects. of the invention is to. provide. a carrier thatcomprises generally, a rectangular frame formed to encompass a pluralityof. bottles and a. cradle depending therefromy for the support of thebase portions. of the bottles, of the strips forming, the. sidewalls. ofthe carrier frame andthe width and disposition of the base of the cradlebeing proportioned relative to each other. and the bottle. separation inthe frame to prevent removal. of the bottles through the opening betweenthe sides of the frame and base of the cradle.

Another. object. of thev invention ist'o construct a carrier from stripsof relatively thinsheet metal stock. and to reinforce the carrier formedtherefrom by cross members arranged to unite certain parts of thecarrier, and further arranged to,y form separators for the bottles..

Another object of the invention is to. provide iianges in thecontiguous. ends. of the strips forming the sides of` the. carrier andto assemble the side.` members upon.. the armsv of the. cradle strip sothat theiianged portions oftheside. rails will provide guidewaysv forthe` carrier handle.v

Another object. of the invention. is, to; provide a structure. inwhich.. a: portion ried by the base or cradle of the carrier will beimposed in edgevvise. relation upon the strips forming the side rails ofthe carrier.

Another object of the invention is to. provide.

an advertising display strip which i's adapted for ready adlixture to orremoval from. the strips forming the carrier side rails.

Further objects of the invention reside ini the provision of a carrierwhich isl attractive of. appearances, sturdy of structure,.light inweightand economic of manufacture.

Other objects and advantages. more: orless ancillary tothe foregoing andthe manner. in which. all the various objects are.- realized. will;appear in the; following description, which4 consid.- ered in connectionwith the :auccompanying drawings,v sets forth the preferredembodimentof; the invention..

Referring to the. drawing:l

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of the improved carrier,

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the handle shown in Fig. 1 being brokenaway and shown in section in the interest of clarity,

Fig. 3 is a vertical of the load carthe sectionY being taken on a planeindicated by they line 3-3 in Fig.. 2,

Fig.. 4 is atransverse sectional view through an endportionnof the.Acarrier, the section beingtaken on a plane indicated by the line. 4.-4-in Fig. 3,

Fig; 5 is a transverse section through the central portion of thecarrienthe sectionbeing taken on a. plane indicatedby the line 5-5 inFig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectionl through one of the side rails of thecarrier having a display strip mountedv thereon, the illustrationshowing the preferred. structure andv method of assembly.

Referring first to Fig. 1 the bottle carrier comprises generally arectangular band l0, a cradle Il depending from the end Walls thereofand bail or handle otherwise aiixed to the vertical arms I4 of a. Ustrap constituting the cradle l l. The contiguous ends. of the strips I3are bent outwardly and inwardly to form a channel l5 for the retentionof the upright arms L6 of the bail l2. of.' the armsv` jacent thereto.One or more of the separators t8 may be formedfrom a'plate 2li havingopposed flanges. 2.|` thereon which. are aiiixed to the strips i3. and.a. second flange 22 in the base thereof which 1s secured to the upperface of the U strap The plate 2li is preferably fabricated with arelatively large opening 23 in the center thereof which is. providedvto. lighten the Weight. oi the sectional view of the carrier, 55

carrier.

It. will. be; recognized that the plate- 20 will not only form a. bottleseparator but. will also rein.- f'orce; the rectangular frame formed bythe. band in. anclin addition support the. b aseof the U strap H.. sincethe load imposed upon the.. strap I I. will he, partially borne by thevertical wall'sections o1" l0.. Thefwidth of thestrap forming the baseof the cradle l l` is proportioned relative to the diameter of thebottles,` the disposition of the separators and the height of the cradleto the lower edges of the band l0 so that the bottles cannot be removedthrough the opening dened arrnsengageable with the bottom bandconfigured to embrace a Aarranged to form a by the lower edges of theband and outer edges of the cradle.

As shown in Fig. 6 the carrier may be provided with a thin metal plate24 which is lithographed with advertising matter thereon. The length ofthe plates is substantially equal to the flat portion of the strips I3the blanked Width thereof being slightly larger than the width of thestrips I3 so that the marginal edges olf the plates may be folded andbent over the strips in self-sustained engagement. Obviously othermaterials such as Celluloid or paper may be used in substitution for themetal plates and it is to be stood that such substitution iscontemplated as falling within the scope and spirit of the presentinvention.

Although the foregoing description is necessarily of a detailedcharacter, in order that the invention may be completely set forth, itis to be understood that the specific terminology is not intended to berestrictive or conning, and that various rearrangements of parts andmodications of detail may be resorted to without departing from thescope or spirit of the invention as herein claimed.

I claim:

1. A bottle carrier comprising a pair of U strips arranged to form arectangular band designed to encompass a plurality of bottles, a cradleaixed to and depending from the end walls thereof for the support oi thebase portions of the bottles, the free ends of said U strips being bentinwardly and laterally and constituting rectangular guideways, a bail,vertical arms ci rectangular cross section thereon engaged in saidguideways, shoulders on the free ends of said portions of the walls oithe U strips that dene the guideways, and bottle separators in saidrectangular band uniting the opposed side walls thereof, one of saidseparators uniting the base oi the cradle with the side Walls.

2. A bottle carrier comprising a sheet metal plurality of bottlesdisposed in a rectangular array, a strip adapted to underlie andsupportthe said bottles and formed with upturned end portions aixed to the saidband, and a metal plate adapted to separate the bottles within the band,the plate being xed to the bottle supporting portion of the strip and tothe band.

3. A bottle carrier comprising a sheet metal band configured to embracea plurality of bottles disposed in a rectangular array, a strip adaptedto underlie and support the said bottles and formed with upturnedl endportions affixed to the said band, and a metal plate adapted to separatethe bottles Within the band, the plate being substantially perpendicularto the bottle supporting portion of the strip and being fixed theretoand to the band, so as to support the strip intermediate its ends fromthe band and reinforce the band by connection to the strip.

,4. A bottle carrier comprising a pair of U strips generally rectangularband designed to encompass a plurality of bottles, a cradle aixed to andkdepending from the end walls thereof for the support of the baseportions of the bottles, the free ends of saidU strips being bent toconstitute guideways in cooperaunder- U-shaped strips fixed to l stripsbeing opposed tion with the cradle, a bail, vertical arms thereonengaged in said guideways, projections on the free ends of said armsengageable with the bottom portions of the walls of the U strips thatdefine the guideways, and a bottle separator in said rectangular banduniting the opposed side walls thereof and uniting the base of thecradle with the side walls.

5. A bottle carrier comprising a support member formed with upturnedends, two generally the ends of the member so as to form a band toencompass and retain bottles on the support member, the ends of the andbeing offset from the member so as to define a guideway between themember and the strips, a carrying handle comprising generally verticalportions slidable within the guideways and means to prevent withdrawalof the handle from the guideways, and a bottle separator of sheet metaltransverse tothe support member and fixed to the support member and tothe central portions of the U-shaped strips.

6. A bottle carrier comprising a rectangular frame of strip steel, theframe defining end and side walls adapted to confine a group of bottles,a cradle suspended from the end portions of the frame disposed tosupport the bottoms of the bottles, a substantially vertical plateextending from the central portion of the cradle to the central portionof the side Walls of the frame and fixed to the cradle and side walls,the plate being adapted to separate bottles in the carrier and toincrease the vertical rigidity of the cradle and the lateral rigidity ofthe side walls, and a supporting handle for the carrier.

7. A bottle carrier comprising a rectangular frame of strip steel, theframe dening end and side Walls adapted to confine a group of bottles, acradle suspended from the end portions of the frame disposed to supportthe bottoms of the`bottles, a substantially vertical plate extendingfrom the central portion of the cradle to the central portion of theside walls of the frame and fixed to the cradle and side walls, theplate being adapted to separate bottles in the carrier and to increasethe vertical rigidity of the cradle and the lateral rigidity of the sidewalls, and a supporting handle for the carrier attached to the ends cithe carrier.

4 WILLIAM M. BASSICHIS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

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